title: Building organizational capacity for evidence use: the experience of two Canadian healthcare organizations.
abstract: The use of evidence to inform decisions at the program level within healthcare organizations is a priority. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of an innovative collaboration between two Canadian healthcare organizations to build organizational capacity for evidence use in program planning, implementation, and evaluation. The lessons learned from the initiative suggest that other healthcare organizations would find the capacity-building strategies identified and developed through the initiative useful.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. serena.humphries@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Humphries
authors.forename: Tanis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hampe
authors.forename: Derrick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowen
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D057191:Capacity Building; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006268:Health Facilities; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016730:Program Development / Q000592:standards*; D012525:Saskatchewan